Corner-fitting of metallic bedsteads and cots.



I A. LAWRENCE. CORNER FITTING OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS AND COTS.

APPLIOATION'FILEi) NOV. 7, 1913.

Patented May 5, 1914.

WITNESSES %M STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED LAWRENCE, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO I'IOSKINS AND SEWELL LIMITED, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

CORNER-FITTING OE METALLIC BEDS'IEADS AND COTS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED LAWRENCE, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Sparkbrook, Birmingham, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Corner-Fittings of Metallic Bedsteads and Cots, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to corner fittings of metallic bedsteads and cots, and has for its object to provide improved means for detachably connecting the foot and head members of the bedstead or cot to the mattress framing.

The invention consists essentially in the employment of a socket element upon one of the two parts to be connected (either upon the foot or head member of the bedstead or cot or upon the mattress framing) which is adapted to be engaged by a boss or like projecting element upon the other part, the two elements being adapted to be drawn into and retained in engagement by means of a separate bolt passing axially through the socket element and screwing into a threaded opening in the end of the boss.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a sectional view of a corner fitting constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View partly in elevation, showing the two component ele ments of the fitting disconnected.

The same reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.

Formed integral with one end of a chill casting 1, at the junction of the transverse and longitudinal rails or" the mattress framing is a conical and outwardly tapering boss 2. This boss is adapted to be engaged with a correspondingly shaped socket 3 formed in a chill 4 cast around the vertical pillar 5 of the foot or head member of the bedstead or cot framing. To enable the said boss 2 to be retained in engagement with said socket 3, the chill 4c is bushed with a transversely disposed and open ended sleeve 6, the said sleeve passing diametrically through the vertical pillar 5 and its one end being arranged to open concentrically into the socket 3. Passing through this sleeve (3 is a screw-bolt 7 whose screwed end is engaged with a threaded opening in a bush 8 fitted centrally within the conical boss 2 upon the mattress framing. On screwing Specification of Letters Patent;

Application filed November '7, 1913.

Patented'May 5, 1914. Serial No. 799,779.

up the bolt 7 the said boss will be drawn into the socket 3 and the two parts firmly locked together.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1.:A corner fitting for metallic bedsteads and cots embodying a pair of companion elements, one of which is formed with a socket, and the other with a horizontallyprojecting boss conformably fitting therein, said elements having registering, axial openings leading through said boss and socket; and a bolt passed through one of said openings and threaded in the other opening.

2. A corner fitting for metallic bedsteads and cots embodying an element formed with an internal, conical socket having an axial opening leading therethrough; a companion element having a conical boss confo-rmably fitting in said socket and provided with a threaded, axial opening that registers with the socket opening; and a bolt passed through the said socket opening and threaded in the said boss opening.

3. In bedsteads and cots, means for connecting the head and foot ends to the mattress framing comprising an internally coned socket member on the bedstead end, a conical boss on the mattress framing having a threaded opening therein, and a screwbolt passing axially through the socket and screwing into the threaded opening in the boss, substantially as described.

4. In bedsteads and cots, means for connecting the head and foot ends to the mattress framing comprising a casting surrounding the pillar of the bedstead end, an internally coned socket in said casting, a horizontal tube passing through the pillar and casting axially with respect to the socket, a conical boss on the mattress framing adapted to engage with the socket and having a threaded opening in its end, and a separate screwbolt passing through the horizontal tube and socket and screwing into the threaded opening, substantially as described and set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED LAXVRENGE. lVitnesses HENRY NORTON SKERRETT, WVILLIAM STAATES SKERRETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 01' Patents, Washington, D. G. 

